Thursday, May 5, 2011

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Afghanistan War Tax Calculator



To find out how much of your money has gone to fund a war that's not making us safer,
visit our Tax Day Calculator.
here

Nothing But A Scam

Looking at our local paper 'Cellmates" i notice most of the folks in it are there for minor drug offences or for violation of probation, probably from a previous drug offence. Legalise drugs now, empty the prisons
and stop this madness.

Osama Bin Laden Was Supposedly Just Killed

There's no reason to keep fighting a war in Afghanistan.
Sign this petition to bring the troops home now.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Another ‘Awake the State’ Rally Planned

You’re not alone. Since Awake The State’s first major protest almost two months ago, Floridians have taken to the streets in a historic level of civic activism. Gov. Scott and his allies in the Legislature are hoping that despite their presiding over the most anti-middle class legislative session in Florida history, you’ll somehow just go away. It’s time to prove them wrong.
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Friends Of Stogie

In Tampa

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Roast Sirlion of Beef, Au Jus
With Rice, Baked Beans and Salad
$8.95......At Three Coins Diner, 7410 North Nebraska Avenue, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local!


Three Coins on Urbanspoon

Dante's Inferno Hell Test

THE STOGIE HAS BEEN BANISHED TO THE SIXTH LEVEL OF HELL AS A HERETIC.
here

Is Everyone Taking The Blue Pill?

You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.......Morpheus
I tried posting the You Tube video of this scene but for some reason embedding has been disabled by request.

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Henry
He is not homeless. He told me he lives in Grant Park. His part of the rent is the TECO bill.
He can not find a job so he sells water on the street corner.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Stop Alex Sink

Michael Hussey of Pushing Rope has started a Facebook page dedicated
to making sure Alex Sink never runs for Florida statewide office again.
here

Fans Of The Stogie

In Tampa

SOG City Oracle Hershey Squirt Award

Florida Republican Senator Cliff Stearns
here

Congratulations

A Photographic Exhibition by Amy Royale

Monday, May 2 at 10:00am - May 6 at 9:00pm
Centre Gallery @ USF Marshall Center. Tampa
info
Via....
Tampa Do-Gooder

Tampa's Sleepy Vikings

Are on the verge of their first full-length release and national tour.
here

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Dan
He is from Kentucky. He has been homeless since 1989.
Tampa Bay Homeless

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Fish Tacos
With Rice, Beans and Soda
$6.50.....At Mema's Alaskan Tacos, 1724 E 8th Ave in Ybor City
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local!


Mema's Alaskan Tacos on Urbanspoon

Sunday, May 1, 2011

In Less Than Eight Minutes

The Republican Florida House of Representatives cut back decades of environmental regulations.
here

“In 30 years of working to protect Florida’s unique natural wonders, never have I witnessed such an egregious and blatant dismantling of those protections,’’......Debra Harrison of the NPCA
What Happens When You Don't Vote.

Happy International Workers' Day

To Albert Parsons, August Spies, George Engel, Adolph Fischer, Louis Lingg, Michael Schwab, Samuel Fielden and Oscar Neebe. Your courage and sacrifice for the emancipation of labor
–without borders–will never be forgotten.

“The time will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you are throttling today.”........August Spies from the gallows.

The St. Pete Bike n' Eat Ride

Saturday afternoon in St. Petersburg reminded me of the Hub Grub Ride in Seminole Heights as the Trek Store of St. Pete launched the inaugural St. Pete Bike n' Eat ride -- a bicycle tour of six restaurants in the 'burg.
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Charlie Sheen Meets Amy Mariani In Tampa



Charlie Sheen meets Amy Mariani, his potential TigerBlood intern during his Torpedo of Truth tour stop at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida on April 22nd 2011.

Bob Voegeli's Eclectic Acoustic Music

At Gaspar's Patio In Temple Terrace
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When Did Our Democracy Die?

When did it irrevocably transform itself into a lifeless farce and absurd political theater? When did the press, labor, universities and the Democratic Party—which once made piecemeal and incremental reform possible—wither and atrophy? When did reform through electoral politics become a form of magical thinking? When did the dead hand of the corporate state become unassailable?
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